[3] Her father was a shipping broker and hardware manufacturer from Connecticut, who went on to become the president of Manning, Maxwell and Moore, a large industrial concern.
[4] On August 15, 1907, Moore married the then Duke of Poli and Guadagnolo Don Marino Torlonia (1861–1933) at Old Orchard, her parents' estate in Belle Haven, Greenwich, Connecticut.
Together, the Prince and Princess of Civitella-Cesi had four children:[4] In 1922, the Duke of Torlonia fought a duel with Count Filippo Lovatelli, the famous Italian sculptor, over a statue of the Duchess, causing an international sensation.
[12] Her American citizenship was brought into question,[13] but the Connecticut courts decided that her residence in the state was legal and granted her divorce in February 1928.
[14][15] Once settled in the United States she became a socialite, active in society life in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island.